AAD – Amino Acid Digester

AAD is our commercial-grade enzyme product. It is formulated to break down and digest oils, grease, body waste and other carbon-based organic compounds, otherwise known in the pool industry as “non-living organics.” AAD enzymes are all-natural and combine the power of a surfactant and the enzyme itself.

Wait, what is a surfactant?

Surfactants are substances that alter the surface tension between various solutions and water. For example, dishwashing soap has a surfactant in it that cuts through grease, making the grease ‘jump way’ from the soap. In our AAD enzyme formula, the surfactant is designed to break through oils and grease, allowing the enzymes to consume the organic waste.

AAD converts non-living organics into carbon dioxide

“An organic compound; or any substance containing carbon-based compounds, especially produced by or derived from living organisms.”

In swimming pools, these compounds are not limited to just bather waste (body oils, sweat, urine, saliva, mucous, etc.), but include other types of oils derived from natural substances too. These include cosmetics, lotions, hair gels, sunscreen, and deodorants. All of this waste is rinsed off our bodies when we are in a swimming pool.

AAD enzymes eat it.

Why use enzymes in a swimming pool?

Without enzymes, all that organic waste is a burden on chlorine to handle via oxidation. Oxidation is an inefficient way of removing organics from the water, and chlorine is not actually cut out for the job. If chlorine could do the job effectively,

We would not need frequent backwashing, because there would be no organic contamination congealing the filter media,

“Disinfection cannot occur until the oxidant demand has been destroyed.”

AAD enzymes directly address the oxidant demand by breaking down and digesting the non-living organics so chlorine doesn’t have to. Sure, chlorine will still oxidize what it touches, but there will be less of it when you have enzymes in your water. The result?